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To: russwinter who wrote (25836)	2/3/2005 7:42:01 PM
From: SeaViewer	Respond to of 110194

Interestinly the Fed has not been monetizing during the last two months. My take is Fed is trying to stablize US dollar.

To: russwinter who wrote (25836)	2/3/2005 7:51:20 PM
From: SeaViewer	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 110194

In Jan 04, Foreign CBs bought $50 billion. Here are some numbers Jan 04: $50 B Feb 04: $35 B Mar 04: $ 8 B Apr 04: $25 B May 04: $36 B Jun 04: $ 5 B Jul 04: $14 B Aug 04: $43 B Sep 04: $ 9 B Oct 04: $ 8 B Nov 04: $23 B Dec 04: $13 B Total 04: $277 B (Monthly number is from weekly number. There were some rounding errors in the monthly number).

To: russwinter who wrote (25836)	2/3/2005 7:57:43 PM
From: ild	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110194

Equity funds report net cash inflows totaling $4.294 billion in the week ended 2/2/05, with Domestic funds reporting 55% of the inflows ($2.364 Bil) because of large ETF activity: $681 Mil to iShares DJ US Real Estate Index fund (91% Assets); $630 Mil to iShares Russell 2000 Index; $233 Mil to iShares S&P 500 Index; International Funds report inflows ($1.441 Bil) to all Developed and Emerging regions with more funds reporting inflows (686) than any week since 11/10/04; Taxable Bond funds report inflows totaling $905 million with the largest inflows going to Balanced funds ($415 Mil) and International & Global Debt funds ($318 Mil); Treasury funds report inflows totaling $300 million because of large ETF activity: $145 Mil to iShares Lehman TIPS Bond fund; $75 Mil to iShares Lehman 7-10 Yr Treasury Bond fund; $27 Mil to iShares Lehman 1-3 Yr Treasury Bond fund; Money Market funds report outflows totaling -$17.833 billion; Municipal Bond funds report net cash inflows of $299.6 million, with High Yield Municipal Bond funds report net cash inflows of $146.8 million. Beginning next week AMG is giving its customers a free upgrade, doubling the reports and login options to also reflect net fund flow activity excluding ETF flows.